Ironing board



L. E. WATTS IRONING BOARD Dec. 9, 1930.

Filed Sept. 4, 1929 2 Sheets-Sheet l Inventor L260 Z 74 4/536- B QM A iiomey Patented Dec. 9, 1930 UNITED STATES PA ENT OFFICE rno E. WATTS, or ENID, OKLAHOMA, nssienon T JOHN F. I-IOLTZEN, or ENID,

OKLAHOMA IRONING BOARD 'Applicatiomfiled September 4, 1929. Serial No. 390,302.

The present invention relates to ironing is exceedingly simple in construction, in-

enpensive to manufacture and install, thoro ughly efficient and reliable in use, and other- "wise well adapted to the purpose for which it is-designed.

With the above and numerous other objects in view as will appearas the description proceeds, the invention resides in certain novel features of construction, and in the I combination and arrangement of parts asv will be hereinafter more'fully described and cla m i V a i In the drawing: g

,Figure 1 is a front elevation illustrating my improvement with the door of the casing open and the ironing board and its appurtenances compactly stored in said casing.

Figure 2 is a sectional view taken sub stantially on the line 22 of Figure 1 but showing the ironing board and sleeve board a extended,

Figure 3 is a detail vertical sectionalview illustrating particularly the height adjustl ne m n C Figure 4 is a similar View showing the eo plate' 'thereover,

Figure 5 is a sectional view taken substantially on the line 55 of Figure 4, and i Figure 6is a plan View of the inner end of the sleeve board. V Referring to the drawings in detail it will be seenthata casingl is preferably, though not necessarily, housed in a wall. The casing 1 is closed by a door3, the" said door being preferably of hinged type. The inner faces of the side Walls are provided withvertically extending channels or grooves 4c which slidably receive ends of bars5 and 6 and reduced ends of bar 8. i I

A stop shelf '9 is provided across the lower portion of the casing. A propf10 is hingedly connected as at llwith thebar 8. A main ironingboard-12 isgformed at the inner end of its side edges with lateral lugs 1d slidable in the channels 4, A cleat 15 extends under and across an intermediate portion of them main board 12 andthe prop 310 is hingedly engaged therewith as at 16." r

An abutment cleat 17 is fixed across the top surface of the inner end of the main board 12. Vertical strips 18 are connected to the bars 5, 6 and 8 holding them in predetermined spaced parallel relationship in respect to each other. A

The inneredges of thesestrips 18 are channeled as is indicated at 19. A sleeve board 20 is provided at its inner end with laterally extending lugs 21 movable in the channels 19. A stop cleat 22 is disposed across the upper ends of the strips 18 while the channels 19 terminate a distance from the lower ends thereof so that the sleeve board 20 may be disposed in the position shown in Figure 4; with its lugs 21 resting in the-bottom end of the channel or may be moved to the position shown in Figure 2'resting on the bar 5 and bearing upwardly against the stop cleat 22. ,a I A bar 24: is slidably mounted between the bars 5 and 6 and have one end disposed in one of the channels 4 while the other end is notched as is indicated at 25. A rod 26 has one end seated in the crotch of the notch 25 and the other end extending intothe other channel 4 and said latter end is urged upwardly means of a spring 27 attached to the rod 00 26 intermediate its ends and to the bar 2 L adjacent the upper edge of the notch 25 for normally binding the bar 25 and the rod 26 into the channels 4 so that the apparatus may be held at any desired adjusted height.

A plate 30 is fixed on the bars 5 and 6 to house the bar 24 and the rod 26 but is provided with a notch 31 so that access may be had to the. rod 26 to push the same downwardlythereby releasing the binding action whenadjustments are desired, I

It is thought that the construction, operation, utility and advantages of this invention will now be quite apparent to those skilled in this art without a more detailed description thereof.

The present embodiment of the invention has been described in considerable detail merely for the purposes of exemplificat'ion since in actual practice itattains the features of advantage enumerated as desirable in the statement of the invention and the above description. c

It will be apparent that changes in the details of construction, and in the combination and arrangement ofparts may be resorted to without departing from the spirit or scope of the invention as hereinafter claimed or sacrificing anyof its advantages."

Having thus described my invention, what Iclaim asnew is: i j

1. A means for thepurpose described, the combination of a casing having vertical runways on the inner sides of opposed walls thereof, a body disposed and movable in said runways, a bar slidable in said body into one of said runways and havinga notch at the other end thereof, a rod extending into the notch and into the other runway, and a spring urging said rod in one direction to bind the bar and rod in the runway to hold the body in adjusted position, and a board operatively connected with said body.

2. A means for the purpose described, the combination of a casing having vertical runways on the inner sides of opposite walls thereof, a pairof bars disposed in spaced parallelism with respect to each other and having ends slldable in the runways, a third,

bar slidable between the'first mentioned bars to have one end disposed in one of the runways and the other endformed with a notch, a rod extending into the notch and into the other runway, a springconnected with said rod tovurge it in a direction to cause binding action of the third'mentioned bar and the rod with respect to the runways to hold the first mentioned bars in adjusted position, an ironing board, and means operatively connectingthe ironing board with thefirst mentioned bars.

3. A means for the purpose described, the 1 combination of a casing having vertical runways. on the mner sides of opposite walls thereof, a pair of bars disposed in spaced parallelism with respect to each other and having ends slidable in the runways, a third bar slidable between the first mentioned bars to have one end disposed in one of the runways and the other end formed with a notch, a rod extending into the notch and into the other runway, a spring connected with said rod to urge it in a direction to cause binding action of the third mentioned bar and the rod with respect to the runwaysto hold the first mentioned bars in: adjusted position, an ironing board, a pair of strips'fixed to the pair of bars first mentioned and depending down wardly therefrom, a baracross the lower end of the stripshavingreduced ends extending into the runway, a brace hingedly connected with the last mentioned bar and hingedly connected with an intermediate portion of the ironing board, said ironing board having lugs extending into the runwaysatitsvinner ends.

4:. vA means for the purpose described, the

combination with a sleeve board and an ironingboard; a casing having vertical runways on the inner sides of opposite wallsthereof, a pair of bars disposed in spaced parallelism with respect to each other and having ends slidable in the runways, a third bar slidable between the first mentioned bars to halve one end disposed in one of-the runways and the other end formed with a notch, a rod extending into the notch and into the other runway, a spring connected with said'rod to urge it in a direction to cause binding action of the third mentioned bar and the rod with respect to the runways to hold the first mentioned bars in adjusted position, a pair of strips fixed to the pair of bars first mentioned and depending downwardlytherefrom, a bar across the lower end ofthe strips having reduced ends extending into the runway, a brace hingedly connected with the last mentioned bar and hingedly connectedwith an intermediate portionof the ironing board,

7 pair of bars disposed in spaced parallelism with respect to each other and having ends slidable in the runways, a third bar slidable between the firstmentioned bars to have'one enddisposedin one of the runways and the other end formed with a notch, a rod extending, into the notch and into the otherrunway, a spring connected with said rod ,tourgeit in a direction to cause'binding action ofthe third mentioned b'ar and the rod with respect .to the runwaysto holdthe first mentioned barsin adjusted position, a pair of and depending downwardly therefrom, a bar strips fixed to the pair of bars first mentioned-- across the lower end of the strips having reduced ends extending into the runway, a brace hingedly connected with the, last mentioned bar and hingedly connected with an intermediate portion of the ironing board, said ironing board having lugs extending into the runways at its inner ends, the inner edges of said strips being channeled, said sleeve board having lugs movable in the channels, a stop cleat across the upper ends of. the strips so that the sleeveboard when extended may rest on the uppermost bar and press upwardly against the cleat.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

LEO E. WATTS. 

